We are using youtube v3 search API. We are getting mismatch in the "totalResults" count and the list of items returned in the response.items field. I am requesting 50 videos in the request. Response returned shows totalResults count as 65 but the response payload has only 3 videos.
API : www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/search/list
Request Payload
{key=API_KEY, maxResults=50, order=date, part=snippet, publishedAfter=2017-03-20T23:59:59.999-04:00, publishedBefore=2017-04-19T23:59:59.001-04:00, q=( ( "Wood Mackenzie" OR "Wood Mac" OR Woodmac OR @woodmackenzie ) AND NOT (fleetwood OR "fleet wood" OR 9WoodMac ) ) , type=video}Response Payload
{"kind": "youtube#searchListResponse","etag": "\"m2yskBQFythfE4irbTIeOgYYfBU/HTW4WQODZeERIv51VrRfOhir8dg\"","nextPageToken": "CDIQAA","regionCode": "US","pageInfo": {"totalResults": 65,"resultsPerPage": 50 },"items": [ {"kind": "youtube#searchResult","etag": "\"m2yskBQFythfE4irbTIeOgYYfBU/lnNNrToZHGTehIEJ6bvEx5RZMo4\"","id": {"kind": "youtube#video","videoId": "obzlB21t904" },"snippet": {"publishedAt": "2017-04-14T11:38:08.000Z","channelId": "UC60Sa1LQjgy_a-K8ThN4eQw","title": "Fleet wood mac Live at Leeds","description": "","thumbnails": {"default": {"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/obzlB21t904/default.jpg","width": 120,"height": 90 },"medium": {"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/obzlB21t904/mqdefault.jpg","width": 320,"height": 180 },"high": {"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/obzlB21t904/hqdefault.jpg","width": 480,"height": 360 } },"channelTitle": "KEVIN MARSHALL","liveBroadcastContent": "none" } }, {"kind": "youtube#searchResult","etag": "\"m2yskBQFythfE4irbTIeOgYYfBU/uYuuTAL3vtnFI1WOYjth0cso2Xo\"","id": {"kind": "youtube#video","videoId": "gHAn0SbwKMg" },"snippet": {"publishedAt": "2017-04-06T22:17:31.000Z","channelId": "UC3_MxBSSbmGznoSTgoBQ7_w","title": "Beat Club: British Invasion 60's, Pt-2; Animals-Move-Fleet Wood Mac-J.Mayall-Who-Pacemakers-Kinks","description": "Eric Burdon & Animals: C.C. Rider 0:01 The Move: Wild Tiger Woman 3:55 Fleet Wood Mac: Dragonfly 6:26 John Mayall: My Pretty Girl 9:47 Thunderclap ...","thumbnails": {"default": {"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gHAn0SbwKMg/default.jpg","width": 120,"height": 90 },"medium": {"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gHAn0SbwKMg/mqdefault.jpg","width": 320,"height": 180 },"high": {"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gHAn0SbwKMg/hqdefault.jpg","width": 480,"height": 360 } },"channelTitle": "ROCK&POPS1_koba","liveBroadcastContent": "none" } }, {"kind": "youtube#searchResult","etag": "\"m2yskBQFythfE4irbTIeOgYYfBU/tapelxOG4Q3gZRJCR2qaVdt-ZO8\"","id": {"kind": "youtube#video","videoId": "5GvLbFBdcF4" },"snippet": {"publishedAt": "2017-04-02T04:48:47.000Z","channelId": "UC6fn383TI1HVDYW4dSEIogQ","title": "\"Dreams\" by fleet wood mac (vocal cover)","description": "I do not own this song. I do not make a profit off of this song. It belongs to the person(s) who wrote it. Please subscribe and comment below any suggestions?!","thumbnails": {"default": {"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5GvLbFBdcF4/default.jpg","width": 120,"height": 90 },"medium": {"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5GvLbFBdcF4/mqdefault.jpg","width": 320,"height": 180 },"high": {"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5GvLbFBdcF4/hqdefault.jpg","width": 480,"height": 360 } },"channelTitle": "Musikallitee","liveBroadcastContent": "none" } } ]}